Chapter 19

Stefan and I hurried into the house to hear what Bonnie had found. When we entered the living room we found Kol sitting behind Bonnie surrounded by books, and Bekah sitting on the couch waiting for us.

"Well? What did you find Bonnie?" I ask

"It will work, but you guys are not going to like it, especially Nik." She starts. "I found a way to alter the blood linking spell Ester tried a while back. It is a one way link. I would be linking you to Nik, so you have access to his immortality so you cannot die, however I would also link Marcel to you so whatever he did to you would be done to him. So when he tried to kill you in front of Nik it would kill him instead." She explained.

"Ok, that sounds good in theory but if Marcel is linked to Caroline who is linked to Nik wouldn't that make him invincible too?" Bekah asks

"No, the link is created by blood consumption. So what would happen is that we take some of Caroline's blood as it is now, normal baby vampire blood, and we feed it to Marcel. I know a witch who works at a bar he frequents. We can dose the drink with the blood so that it is in his system. After which we feed Caroline Nik's blood so she is linked to him. I have to spell the blood before it is consumed and it only lasts 72 hours. So we need to be in New Orleans and ready for action when we start this. And most importantly Nik cannot know about it. We need him to be outraged to ensure Marcel remains clueless to this."

"OK, when would do this?" I inquire

"The three nights of the full moon; I need to power of the moon to make sure that it will be powerful enough. So we would need to leave right after graduation." Bonnie finishes

"That would work perfectly. I can tell mom we are going to celebrate graduation. We go down rescue Nik and come home. We can still meet up with Elena the following weekend as planned for the party." I answer hopeful for the first time in weeks.

"I will talk to Elijah and get him to make the appropriate arrangements to ensure that we arrive undetected" Bekah tells the group. "OK all let's get some sleep we have a busy week of exams and then graduation. Bonnie let us know if you need us to help gather anything for the spell. Good night" she says grabbing Stefan's hand and dragging him upstairs.

"Night Caroline" I hear Kol say as he takes Bonnie up to his room.

Great another night of listening to them all have sex. I head to Nik's room and put in my headphones thinking about Bonnie's plan.

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The morning of graduation arrives. I finish packing my bag for the trip that night before showering and getting ready for the day. Once I am dressed in a knee length red dress with black pumps and my hair in soft curls cascading down my shoulders, I leave the room ready to meet the rest to head to the school.

We took all the obligatory photos of the friends and family dressed in their cap and gowns. Mom takes about 3000 photos of me with my Valedictorian sash around my neck. We all sat through the ceremony until all our names were called and we walked across the stage. I got up and made my speech talking about the challenges we have faced and the ones ahead, the need to follow your heart and your dreams no matter what other people say. By the end of my speech I realised I had wrote my speech as a way of answering my own questions about the future. I knew what I needed to do now, I needed to find Nik and hold onto him with everything I can. He is my future; he is my life no matter what anyone else says.

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The small plane touched down on a private airstrip just outside of the city. Elijah was waiting for us when we landed. He paid the pilot and ushered us into the large SUV he had waiting. Once we were inside he began.

"I have you staying at an old house on the edge of the city. The owners are old friends. They are on vervain so they cannot be compelled. Once we are settled we will take Caroline's blood and have it slipped to Marcel. I have Caroline scheduled to fly in tomorrow afternoon from Mystic Falls. Marcel's men will most likely grab her right from the airport. We will move and wait outside the cemetery they are holding Nik at that evening." he explained to us all during the drive.

Once in the house we all ate, Elijah took my blood and sent it with another man. We all tried to get some sleep. It was a really restless night, all of us nervous about what was about to come the following day. When we woke up I drank down two vials of Niks blood to be safe and a few blood bags to make sure I had my energy. Before I knew it I was being dropped off at the airport 3 hours before I was suppose to land so I would be there before Marcel's men.

I waited past security until I saw my flight arrive then followed the rest of the passengers out of the terminal and headed out to flag down and cab, almost instantly a car pulled up and the door opened. I was pulled inside as the car sped off.

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After what seemed like a very long drive we pulled up at the back of a Cemetery, a large black man was waiting when I stepped out of the car.

"Caroline, welcome back to New Orleans we have been expecting you. My name is Marcel, and you are going to help me get something I want." He says grabbing me by the back of the neck and pushing me into an old coliseum. I stumble upon entering. The first thing I notice as my vampire vision kicks in is Nik in the corner, looking starved and weak. He looked up hearing someone enter. His eyes found mine and panic sets in.

"Caroline" I hear him choke out "What are you doing here?"